Paths of Necromancy

Description

Giovanni are able necromancers, but in order to use any path powers (except for the abilities), they have to spend one turn per rating of the power they wish to use. These same restrictions apply to the Cappadocians, Kiasyd and Samedi. Nagaraja however do not suffer from these penalties, unless they do not have at one point of Nihilistics because they are so attuned with dead and the Shadowlands.

All the Necromantic paths have to be learned from a book or another necromancer. Only Pandemonium can be thaught by a wraith. Most books referring to those lost arts are in the possession of the Black Hand, hidden safely in Enoch, in the possession of Clan Tremere who hoard them in the Vienna Chantry or in the hands of the Giovanni who possess most books on the subject. Most of the practitioners of these arts are constantly looking for those lost tomes.

Path of Argos

The path of Argos is a path dealing with movement in the Shadowlands. It is usually the first path to be learned for it gives access to most other paths.

Note that vampires cannot be thrown into the tempest.

Rating	Name	Attribute	Difficulty	Cost
Ability	Shadowpeek	Perception	6	None
Description: Allows the caster to look into the Shadowlands
Ability	Tempest Door	Strength	7	None
Description: Allows castor to open a door to the Shadowlands
Ability	Track	Perception	6	None
Description: Tracks a wraith that has fled to the tempest. The target may resist with Dexterity+Argos (8)
1	Enshroud	Dexterity	7	None
Description: Makes the caster invisible in the Shadowlands. No non-argos powers may be used.
2	Phantom Wings	Stamina	6	none
Description: Lets caster fly in Shadowlands at running speed for one turn per success
3	Flicker	Dexterity	6	1 BP
Description: Reduces travel time over short distances by one turn per success in the Shadowlands
4	Jump	Stamina	8	3 BP
Description: Allows the caster to jump to his haven
5	Oubliette	Strength	WP	3 BP
Description: Sends a wraith flying off into the tempest

Path of Fatalism

Fate has always been a powerful tool. Necromancers who have mastered the ways of Fate often become distant and reclusive. Fateseers rarely talk because they try to avoid being caught in its webs. Though powerful, wielding Fate can be a two-edged sword.

Fatalism can be used out of the Shadowlands but increase all targets by two.

Rating	Name	Attribute	Difficulty	Cost
Ability	Kismet	Perception	6	None
Description: Allows you to tell whom Fate deems "important" in a room
1	Fatal Vision	Perception	WP	None
Description:Tells about how the subject died (or will die). Adds 1 dice/success to Interpretation
2	Danger Sense	Perception	6	None
Description: Warns caster of impending danger (1 turn warning/success)
3	Interpretation	Manipulation	WP	2 BP
Description: Gives one cryptic answer per success about target's past or future
4	Lachesis' Measure	Perception	6	2 BP
Description: Gives Information about current and future situations
5	Luck	Wits	6	1 W
Description: Lets caster ignore one "1" for each success; roll at beginning of story

Path of Keening

This path deals with emotion manipulation. It can be made to work in the Skinlands, but raise targets by two. Keening has often been used to undermine Toreador power in certain areas and give the Giovanni control over certain spheres that would normally fall under other clans' domains.

Rating	Name	Attribute	Difficulty	Cost
Ability	Perfect Pitch	Perception	6	None
Description: Senses when someone else uses Keening to influence or manipulate emotions. Can be resisted using Sotto Voce.
Ability	Sotto Voce	Manipulation	6	None
Description:Conceals Keening use in normal speech or song. Resisted with Perfect Pitch.
1	Dirge	Charisma	8	1 BP
Description:Provokes "Dark" feeling for one turn per success (wraiths) or longer for mortals.
2	Ballad	Manipulation	8	2 BP
Description: Provokes "Light" feeling for same lenght of time as Dirge
3	Muse	Manipulation	WP	3 BP
Description: Makes the subject believe an idea is his own. Min diff is 7
4	Crescendo	Stamina	8	2 BP + 1BP/Success
Description: Does one corpus (wraith) damage to all wraiths in hearing range. Does one Health Level per two successes if used in Skinlands.
5	Requiem	Strength	7	3 BP + 1BP/Success
Description: Paralyzes subject for one turn per success. Resisted by Willpower

Path of Pandemonium

This path allows the caster to unleash the powers of the tempest into the Skinlands. It is used mostly by necromancers who wish to scare their victims rather than killing them. Pandemonium can be taught by wraiths and is the only path that can be learned that way. Because Pandemonium requires a complete understanding of death, the Shadowlands and the tempest, it cannot be learned by anyone who has less than Occult 5 or Wraith Lore 4.

Wraiths who will teach this path are likely to demand heavy chiminage on the part of the caster. It is very likely that heavy quests for the wraith will have to be undertaken.

Because of its power source, with the exception of Sense Chaos, Pandemonium cannot be cast from the Skinlands.

Rating	Name	Attribute	Difficulty	Cost
Ability	Sense Chaos	Perception	7	n/a
Description: Determines whether an event was caused by Pandemonium or whether an object or mortal has been touched by a wraith.
1	Weirdness	Charisma	Str	1 BP
Description: Causes something strange to happen to one individual (hot flash, minor hallucination)
2	Beffudlement	Intelligence	WP	1 BP
Description: Confuses target for one turn per success. INT(8) to think clearly
3	Dark Ether	Intelligence	Str	1BP + 1 BP/turn
Description: Affects weather or light in a small area; 5 successes can do one level of damage to those in the area.
4	Foul Humour	Intelligence	Str	4 BP + 1BP/turn
Description: Causes rains of vermin, blood drips or other bizarre effects. Damaging effects do one die damage/2 successes
5	Tempus Fugit	Intelligence	Str	4 BP
Description: Distorts flow of space or time.

Path of Phantasm

This path deals with sleep and dreams. It allows a caster to make a subject fall asleep or to put a vampire in a short-timed torpor. This path cannot be used from the Skinlands, only from the Shadowlands.

Rating	Name	Attribute	Difficulty	Cost
Ability	Sleepsense	Perception	6	None
Description: Allows caster to determine sleeper's sleep state
1	Elysia	Dexterity	6-8	1 BP
Description: Allows caster to join the dream in an active way, although he is not in control of what happens
2	Lucidity	Manipulation	Varies	2 BP
Description: Allows caster to change an aspect of the dream.
3	Dreams of Sleep	Charisma	WP	1 BP
Description: Forces the target to fall asleep. Works on vampire, lupines and wraiths. Roll only if resisted.
4	Agony	Strength	8	3 BP
Description: Knocks a victim unconscious for 1 turn/success
5	Torpor	Strength	9	5 BP
Description: Forces a vampire into torpor for 24 hours